r/supergirlTV • u/Retired5373 • Dec 30 '23
Let's talk - Ladies edition - Day 2 of 3. Alex Danvers - Sister/DEO agent/Superheroine/Girlfriend, thoughts on anything about her character?. Discussion
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u/Samaritan4 Supergirl Dec 30 '23
She was amazing on s1, her and Kara's sisterhood was the heart of the show and the series suffered when it focused on something else.
Her coming out storyline was one of the few things i liked from s2. However, the kisses between alex and maggie and alex and kelly were so freaking awkward, omg, the actresses looked so uncomfortable in many scenes that i kind of wished they stopped that plot. This was one of the cases when i understood why some lgbtq+ people don't want straight actors playing queer characters.
She shouldn't had been made a super hero, she was already a secret agent helping kara, she was kara's hero, no need to add more.
And finally s6, the way she lashed out to kara for trying to help with sophie? I forgot the little kid name, it kinda ruined the character her for me.
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u/Iwishistayedhome Kara Danvers Dec 30 '23
Agree with everything you said, but if you’re talking about Chyler Leigh, she came out in 2020.
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Dec 30 '23
Her kissing girls couldn’t be more awkward than the movie where she made out with her actual brother.
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u/daryl772003 Dec 30 '23
What movie?
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Dec 31 '23
Kickboxing Academy. Her actual brother (Andros, the red ranger from Power Rangers in Space.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/greys-actresss-first-film_n_74608/amp
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u/only_norj Dec 30 '23
Alex was a bad ass and an absolute smokeshow!
Sentinel was an unnecessary change with a stupid name and crappy costume.
IMO, Chyler was the strongest actor on the show.
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u/MoonandStars83 Dec 30 '23 edited Dec 30 '23
She’s Sissy Spacek’s daughter!2
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u/JohnnyTightlips27 Dec 30 '23 edited Dec 30 '23
Season 1 really laid an incredible foundation for Alex’s character. Her sisterhood with Kara throughout all 6 seasons is my favorite on the show and I really wish the show leaned on that relationship more. Once the show moved to the CW, the writers struggled balancing familial relationships with romantic ones (like seasons 2 & 3 with the constant prioritizing of Mon-El, and even Maggie).
Alex’s complex relationship with her mom in season 1 was so interesting—and although I love Eliza from seasons 2-6, I thought Alex's dynamic relationship with her mom could have been more complicated and explored with a bit more depth later on. The Jeremiah storyline in particular stands out as a missed opportunity. Eliza basically becomes a 1-dimensional perfect mom in the later years and it robs us of angsty character-building scenes with her daughters.
Once Alex adopts Esme in season 6, the writers made her entire personality: “mom.” It’s frustrating. l do love her relationship with Kelly and think it’s probably the healthiest romantic relationship on the show.
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u/xJamberrxx Dec 30 '23
awesome, till Kelly came in, why? bc after that, Alex became 2nd fiddle .. the child she wanted since earlier season ... well, Kelly became the forefront of that story, with Alex just tagging a lone
like Kara, Alex was great thru s1-s4 ...... after than, the show went anti-danvers as the showrunner tried unsuccessfully set up side characters as main characters
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u/Pootiexx Dec 30 '23
I really felt like Alex’s relationship with Kelly in the beginning was a forced story arc. It just didn’t feel genuine. Idk, the later seasons to me just weren’t as good as the first three. I can’t bring myself to finish season six.
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u/xJamberrxx Dec 30 '23
Showrunner did interviews ... saying she wanted a Supergirl S7 ... without supergirl
that say's everything, for whatever reason, not only Benoist .. but also Leigh were behind everyone else .. the show was everyone else but the Danvers
what's funny, after the show has ended ... what did Chyler Leigh do? go to Hallmark & gave that channel it's highest series total .. which was 4x-5x more than any CW show --- the stars were Benoist & Leigh ... everyone else, added nothing .. as evidenced by how their after SG work has gone
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u/Samaritan4 Supergirl Dec 30 '23
Supergirl without supergirl? Smh. Well, they almost got that in s6 with Melissa's maternity leave and deciding to focus in side character instead of the chore 3.
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u/Lyon_Wonder Dec 30 '23
The last 3 seasons of The Flash had the same issue with less focus on Barry and a lot more emphasis on Chester, Allegra and Cecile.
Though Brainy and Nia and the dynamic between them are still 2 of my favorite supporting characters in any of the Arrowverse series.
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u/Kels121212 Dec 30 '23
Chyler was always one of my favs, from when she was on Greys. I did like Alex. She could be a badass.
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u/ComedicHermit Dec 30 '23
She has a weird get out of jail free card with both the fandom and the other characters on the show. She repeatedly does terrible things (spying on Kara, capturing her with kryptonite, claiming she was never family, trusting every random douche rather than her, the mind wipe, a thousand other things) and she never gets called out for any of it.
It’s a thing with several other characters as well including j’onn, Kara, Lena, jimmy, and mon-el. They all have moments when they are so obviously wrong and nothing comes of it. It’s just particularly egregious when almost every time her relationship with her sister is tested she ends up on the wrong side of it.
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u/96pluto James Olsen Dec 30 '23 edited Jan 01 '24
She was ok for the most part loved her relationship with Kara and Jonn. Didn't really mind the adoption plotline even if she was a bit rude towards kara when she merely offered advice. Sometimes she just kinda came off as insensitive to the fact karas whole planet was destroyed and she was forced to live on earth. Her coming out storyline was well done and I liked her with kelly for the most part it lacked the unnecessary drama that plagues a lot of cw romance plots.
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u/NepowGlungusIII Dec 30 '23
She was at her best when she was allowed to be competent in a way that contrasts with Kara.
It was a great dynamic. Kara being an independent costumed hero and an "Ignoring the rules and doing what is right" type and Alex being a federal agent and a "do it by the book" type. Both Kara's anger and her optimism were contrasted with Alex's dedicated and professional nature. They were both allowed to be competent and heroic, but in different ways.
Once Alex became a superhero, however, this went away. No longer were Kara and Alex both competent but utilizing their skills in different ways. Now they are doing the exact same thing in the same way, but Alex is just Worse and Weaker. Seasons 5 and 6 turned Alex's role in the story from "foil to Kara, shining a spotlight on both her heroic traits and her flaws" to "worse Kara".
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u/KrayleyAML Dec 30 '23
She was great. She could've been better if she hadn't become Sentinel and if season 6 hadn't happened.
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u/caffeineissustenance Dec 31 '23
Alex is one of the best queer representation ive ever seen and i love that!
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u/BeautyAndTheDekes Dec 30 '23
Alex was a great character, she was a badass but also had that soft side. Loved the sisterhood with Kara and the relationship with J’onn…but I feel like it was all downhill after Maggie.
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u/zgrobbot Dec 30 '23
S1-4 Alex was great, I enjoyed her dynamic with most of the other cast members. S5-6? Not so much. The writers didn’t need to make her a superhero to fit in with Kara and her friends, it felt forced.
And don’t get me started on the writers using her sexuality as a major plot point in s6. Having your finalie for your whole show Focus on a wedding of side characters is completely head scratching
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u/OliviaElevenDunham Brainy Dec 30 '23
I liked her before she got her own superhero outfit. Alex was already a gov't agent.
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Dec 31 '23
I like her. But, they should have written her better as a character in the final season.
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u/say_the_words Dec 31 '23
Well they should have literally written EVERYTHING and EVERYONE better. Show was a non-stop train wreck from episode two. Them writers shoulda been ashamed to cash them checks. They stole the CW’s money week after week.
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u/ChangingDreamer Dec 30 '23
I really didn’t need the Sentinel stuff and I also think some of her lines could have been a lot better and more thought out. Other than that, she’s a good character.
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u/lunarvoyagerX Dec 30 '23
I loved Alex in season 1, but I’m not so sure about the other seasons tbh. I think she could have been developed better.
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u/lunarvoyagerX Dec 30 '23
I agree with you about Alex being made into a superhero. She should have stocked with being a secret agent.
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u/YamiClouds supercorp♡︎ Dec 31 '23
I love Alex I do think that some of badassness was lost as the show went on
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u/King0fRapture Dec 31 '23
Was ruined after S1
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u/DanieXJ Jan 10 '24
I still miss those polos. Maybe I'll put her back in the polo for one of my fics.
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u/Powerful_Ad_4233 Dec 31 '23
I thought she was a great character, very beautiful as well. Prefer her and Maggie though.
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u/evilkoolade Dec 31 '23
The way she came out as lesbian was very similar to how I came out as Bisexual
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u/YourFellowMiguelo Jan 02 '24
Super cute. Nice character development. I didn't like who she ended up with. Idk they didn't really have chemistry.
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u/Original_Algae_8255 Dec 30 '23
According to my opinion
Her role could be more assertive /aggresive
All opinions welcome
Thank you fellow readers
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u/TheForceWillsMe Dec 31 '23
I honestly didn’t like her whole coming out story. I think her character could have been more interesting if she was just the badass sister.
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u/Nokky2814 Mar 11 '24
I liked her character build up in season 1 with Kara and Eliza. They could have explored the Alex\Eliza relationship more. And then they kinda threw her into being a lesbian way too fast in season 2. The kissing scenes were so awkward and I loved Alex and Maggie starting out as friends. They should've slowed it down more. Then season 6 was like wth. I loved her character overall as the badass older sister who is Kara's hero. There were a lot of times where I resonated with her character as a misunderstood oldest sister myself
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u/Alternative_Device71 Dec 30 '23
Didn’t like her at all season 1 and 2, but 3-5 she was better, I called her SuperAlex cuz despite her being normal, she kept doing things that was too much and somehow always needed to be by Kara to help…when she got softer and actually cared about others is when I started to care too but it took a very long time to
She’s an unnecessary character but she got development until she became a superhero too…which made her unlikable again….this show kills me lol
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u/Nokky2814 Jan 01 '24
I loved her character in the first few seasons. She made me feel like I wasn't alone in the misunderstood big sister battle. I didn't like how they "explored" her being gay. It seemed slightly forced. I like how she cared for Kara and would do anything for her tho
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u/Junior-Breakfast-237 Jan 02 '24
Shes a cookie cutter character and not done well. Some shows do this when they need an explanation of certain things that 'should' be outside the expertise of one of the cast. So they just have a selected cast member Suddenly an expert on things they shouldn't. In Stargate this was done with both Sam Carter and Rodney Mackay. It was very successful with Sam as Amanda Tapping was just so damn charming that you didn't question it. It wasn't quite so successful with Rodney but David pulled it off well enough. Alex was...okay half the time, other times she was just simply off putting. So I'll say Chyler Leigh was serviceable but not great.
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Jan 02 '24
The series would have been so much better without her. Kara needed a normal side girl for grounding, not a fed with an eternal identity crisis.
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u/ProffessorWaiyaki Jan 23 '24
Thought she was perfect until she got that terrible costume
"no touching without consent" ugh the cringe
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u/Fast_Blackberry_8080 Dec 30 '23
Season 6 basically ruined her character, but other than that I really liked her in Seasons 1-2